TOO MANY WOMEN


Milton Estes & His Musical Millers - 1947



Now, they say that love is always blind
By golly, I'm the one who got it this time
And I get so dadgum confused I don't know where I'm at

'Cause ev'rytime I try to phone
Someone answers and says she's not at home
The wham, they slam down the receiver, just like that

Now, if this girl keeps on givin' me the air
And I keep on callin' and she ain't there
I'm gonna leave that chick a-setten' right where she sets

For there's too many women to let one woman get you down
There's too many women to keep on hangin' 'round
You better straighten your clothes, powder your nose
'Cause when you're flyin' high all your colour shows
There's too many women to let one woman get you down

(Instrumental Break)

Now, lots of gals will tell you they're true
That they love no one but you
But when your back is turned they're out honky-tonkin' 'round

They see some great big handsome guy
And give him that look out of the corner of the eye
Then the next thing you know they're takin' in the town

Now brother, if you've got kind of a gal
You'd better take a warnin' from me, pal
And leave before someone tears your playhouse down

'Cause there's too many women to let one woman get you down
There's too many women to keep on hangin' 'round
You better straighten your clothes, powder your nose
'Cause when you're flyin' high all your colour shows
And  there's too many women to let one woman get you down

(Instrumental Break)

Now, I don't say that all women are alike
But to tame a wildcat's a pretty good fight
And it's a shame some people can't see an inch before their nose

They see some gal they think is sweet
And to them she looks a-good enough to eat
And before they long they wish they had, that's the way it usually goes

So if that gal of yours leaves you in doubt
And you think she might be a-steppin' out
You better shove off now before the final curtain goes

'Cause there's too many women to let one woman get you down
There's too many women to keep on hangin' 'round
You better straighten your clothes, powder your nose
'Cause when you're flyin' high all your colour shows
And  there's too many women to let one woman get you down






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - October 2011)